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Richmond, Sir Herbert

War Pictures by British Artists. War at Sea [with] Blitz [with] R.A.F [with] Army. [Series I complete]. COMPLETE FIRST SERIES IN FULL MOROCCO

Oxford University Press, 1942

483,00 €

Island Books

(Devon, Reino Unido)

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Año de publicación
1942
Autor
Richmond, Sir Herbert
Editores
Oxford University Press
Materia
military, naval, aviation, ww2, wwii, war artists, herbert richmond, jb morton, he bates, colin coote
Idiomas
Inlgés

Descripción

4 works in 1 vol., sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 194 toned full-page illustrations in the text, three volumes with neat signatures on front free endpapers; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, ALL ORIGINAL PICTORIAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a most attractive volume ideal as a gift or for presentation. No.1: War at Sea; No. 2: Blitz; No. 3: R.A.F.; No. 4: Army. Complete set of the first series with fine reproductions of paintings, drawings and sketches by virtually all Britain's leading war artists. The contributors naturally featured many of the most eminent artists of the period, including (among many others) Ardizzone, Bawden, Bone, Kennington, Moore, Nash, Piper, Ravilious, Rothenstein, Spencer, Sutherland, Topolski and Worsley. A second series (dealing primarily with the Home Front) was published separately in the following year. UNCOMMON AS A SET AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Eads, A43 (recording H. E. Bates' introduction to 'RAF').